On Thu, July 7, 2011 11:21, David Eddy said:
> ...
> Personally I vacillate between describing financial "products" as
> either "non-dimensional" or "N-dimensional." (01)
They have zero spatial dimensions, but a multitude of other dimensions
(i.e., properties). (02)
> In any case these
> products are stuff that cannot be put on a scale & weighted or have a
> caliper applied to them. It's just information which as far as I
> know we have no idea how to measure other than silly things like
> "lines of code." (03)
A possible "measurement" could be monetary value. But most properties
would not be measured ones. (04)
-- doug f (05)
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> David Eddy
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